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DESCENDANTS OF 

THOMAS WHITE 

OF 

WEYMOUTH, MASS. 

1630 — 1907 



BY 

C. S. WILLIAMS 



New York, 1907 



DITION OF 25 COPIES 



PRESS OF TOBIAS A. WRIGHT 
NEW YORK 



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CAPTAIN THOMA5 WHITE 



CAPTAIN THOMAS WHITE was 
born in England, the exact date of his birth 
is unknown, no records having come down 
to us, either of his birth or of his age at 
the time of his death. 

It is of record that he came to America 
in 1630, for in that year we find him as a 
citizen of Weymouth, Mass. An early 
writer has stated that he was a son of 
William White, who came over in the May- 
Jlower and who according to family tradition 
left his son Thomas in England to be edu- 
cated. It is probable that he came to 
Plymouth when about twenty-one years of 
age, settling in Weymouth, in or near 
which place he was married. There is no 
record as to the name of his wife or where 



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she came from or the date of her death or 
place of burial, but it is undoubtedly true 
that she was of Weymouth and that she 
died and was buried there. 

That he was possessed of some means 
is evidenced by the fact that in 1636 he 
was made a Freeman of Weymouth. (This 
title was only given to citizens who had the 
necessary property, land or money, quali- 
fications, except Ministers and Civil Officers 
of the King.) 

y In 1635 he was designated in the records 
as Captain Thomas White and was in com- 
mand of a Military Company for the main- 
tenance of peace with the Indians. This 
was an office of great responsibility, to 
which only men of known courage and good 
judgment were eligible. 

That he was an educated forceful man 
is proven by the fact that year after year 
he was elected to represent the town of 
Weymouth in the General Court at Boston, 



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serving in tliat capacity from 1637 to 1657 
continuously, and again for one term in 
1671. 

It seems that in all the affairs of the 
town he was prominent and took an im- 
portant part, as he held many offices of 
trust and responsibility. He represents the 
beginning in this country of a family whose 
descendants from the earliest days down 
to the present have been conspicuous in 
the development of our country. He died 
at Weymouth in August, 1679. 

Children: 

2. JOSEPH, b. . 



3. Hannah, b. , m. John Baxter of 

Quincy, Mass., Sept. 24, 1659. 

4. Samuel, b. , m. Mary Dyer of 

Weymouth, 

5. THOMAS, b. . 



6. EBENEZER, b. 1648. 



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2. JOSEPH WHITE, married Lydia 
Rogers, Sept. 19, 1660, at Weymouth, Mass. 
He died March 23, 1706. She died May 8, 
1727. He and his wife went to Mendon, 
Mass., in 1662, in which year he had an 
allotment of land in that town. He had 
another lot laid out to him in July, 1663, 
which was renewed in Dec. of the same 
year. At about this time the settlement 
was broken up by Indians, (it was then 
known as a plantation called Sgahapange, 
first settled Oct. 16, 1660, by people from 
Braintree, Mass., they having petitioned 
the General Court for an allotment of a 
Township). Joseph White and his family 
returning to Weymouth, where they re- 
mained a few years, and then with other 
settlers again made their home at Mendon. 
He was given a thirty-five acre lot when 
the Town was organized May 15, 1667, and on 
July 14 of the same year, he was one of a 
Committee to divide the "Meadow Lands." 



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On May 11, 1669, Joseph White was 
elected Surveyor for the town, and on May 
19, he is on a committee to purchase lands 
of the Indians. 

In 1670, he was one of a ''Committee 
to settle, as Minister, the Rev. Joseph 
Emerson, from Wells, Maine." On Jan. 1, 
1673, he is called Sergeant Joseph White, 
and is elected Selectman. On Nov. 15, 
1675, Sergeant Joseph White is in com- 
mand of a company of Scouts in "King 
Philip's War." 

On May 25, 1685, he signs a petition to 
the General Court at Boston, asking for 
effectual laws to stop the sale of liquors 
to the Indians. 

He was a Sergeant in the Local Military 
Company on Jan. 3, 1686, when he was 
elected Selectman, which office he also held 
in Jan., 1689, in which year he was called 
Captain. On Jan. 25, 1689, he is assessed 
two pounds, 4 shillings and one penny, as 



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his share of the Minister's salary, from 
Oct. 25, 1688, to that date. 

On Feb. 19, 1691, he with others, buys 
a large tract of land, from the Indians. On 
July 17, 1694, he was elected Assessor of 
Taxes, but resigned. In 1693, he was 
assessed for taxes to pay town debts in- 
curred between 1685 and 1693. The Town 
records of Mendon mention him many times 
during his life as Grantee in the purchase 
of lands, and as being assessed taxes for 
town purposes, and for special taxes to 
pay the Minister's salary. His wife was 
Lydia Rogers, daughter of John Rogers. 
[There has been a question as to whom John 
Rogers married. Deane in his history of 
Scituate, Mass., states that he married Ann 
Churchman, at Weymouth, Mass., April 16, 
1639: have a daughter Lydia Rogers, born 
March 27, 1642; who married Joseph White, 
Sept. 19, 1660. In the absence of any other 
evidence it is easily possible that Ann 



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Churchman was his 1st or his 2nd wife; that 
she died and he took a second, or a third 
wife, whom he mentions in his will as 
"Judith." Deacon John Rogers died at 
Weymouth, Mass., Feb. 11, 1661, and it is 
conjectured by Deane that he was a de- 
scendant of the Smithfield Martyr. His 
will follows: 

"Deacon" John Rogers, in his will, 
dated "8-12-1660," proved April 13, 1661, 
mentions his wife Judith; his daughters, 
Mary Rane, wife of John Rane; "Liddia" 
White, wife of Joseph White; Hannah 
Pratt, wife of Samuel Pratt, and Sarah 
Rogers, who was then under eighteen years 
of age. He gives his wife a (contingent) 
legacy, and adds that "she may give it to 
whom she pleases, provided she gives it to 
Dea. Rogers' children." He gives her one 
cow and the use of the other, "except son 
John marry then one cow to be his." 

The will provides that if John die with- 



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out wife or child, certain property shall go 
to his son-in-law, Joseph White (subject to 
a payment to another son-in-law) and to his 
daughter Sarah. The will is utterly incon- 
sistent with the existence of any other son 
than John, or any other daughter than 
those named. 

The inventory was presented and sworn 
to by Judith Rogers and John Rogers.] 

The children of Joseph White and his 
wife Lydia Rogers, were as follows: 

7. JOSEPH, b. July 5, 1661. 

8. THOMAS, b. April 1, 1665. 

9. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 4, 1670, d. Aug. 

27, 1726. 

10. Lydia, b. Dec. 17, 1662. 

11. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 14, 1666. 

12. John, b. Dec. 3, 1668. 

13. Ann, b. . 



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14. Mary, b. . 

16. Experience, b. . 

16. Hannah, b. . 



8. THOMAS WHITE, married Mehit- 

abel . She died Sept. 27, 1704, and he 

married (2) Mary . They lived in Men- 
don, Mass., in which town in 1688, he is as- 
sessed "to pay the Minister" 17 shillings 
and one penny; his name appears in the 
Records of the Town as being assessed each 
year for this purpose. In 1704, March 6th, 
he is elected Selectman, occupying this of- 
fice many years thereafter. Feb. 6, 1708, he 
appears to have been the Town Surveyor, 
they having paid him on this date "for 
running the line between Dedham and Men- 
don." At the same meeting he was one of 
a Committee of three "to give the Select- 
men instructions for this year." 

He was also on a Committee for the same 



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purpose in 1710. On March 3, 1713, lie is 
paid for 4 days ' ' laying out Ministry and 
School lots and 2 days running lines." 

On May 12, 1713, the Town Records men- 
tion his name as Thomas White, the Sur- 
veyor. A survey and plot of a grant of 
land, was made by Thomas White, Surveyor 
of the Town of Mendon, April 1, 1713, and 
the same may be found in the Archives of 
Massachusetts. On Sept. 21, 1714, the Town 
paid him for his "First survey of Cedar 
Swamps, 1 pound, 1 shilling," and "for sur- 
veying and plotting ye North purchase, 6 
shillings," and "For 4 days circumferencing 
Cedar Swamps and running line with Sutton, 
2 days, 1 shilling, 1 penny," and at the 
same meeting he and ^ enjamin Green were 
each paid for trip to Marlborough, 6 shil- 
lings. On Jan. 24, 1718, he appears as 
Sergeant Thomas White, and is elected as 
one of the Committee on Town Affairs. On 
Feb. 16, 1719, Sergeant Thomas White was 



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elected Selectman, and Town Clerk, which 
offices he held, with that of Town Surveyor, 
for many years. In many of the divisions 
of Town lands, a lot is laid out for Thomas 
White. 

He made his will Feb. 18, 1744, and be- 
queaths to his sons, Thomas, Ebenezer, Jos- 
eph, John, Samuel, Daniel, and states that 
Ebenezer has had his full portion previously. 
He gives his surveying instruments to his 
sons, mentions his daughter Mary (White) 
Alinsbury and daughter Mehitabel who had 
married, died and left children, to whom he 
bequeaths. He also mentions grand-daugh- 
ter Johannah, whom he brought up. 

Children: 
By first wife: 

17. Mehitabel, b. Jan. 20, 1688, m. Ben- 

jamin Darling, June 11, 1708. 

18. Thomas, b. April 15, 1691. 

19. Thankful, b. Aug. 3, 1693, d. young. 



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20. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 28, 1696. 

21. John, b. March 12, 1698. 

22. Samuel, b. Sept. 21, 1700. 

23. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 4, 1703. 
By second wife: 

24. Daniel, b. June 18, 1708. 

25. Mary, b. Nov. 29, 1711, m. Alins- 

bury. 

20. JOSEPH WHITE, married Abi- 
gail Skinner, April 15, 1718, of Oxford, 
Mass., m. (2) Charity Skinner, Nov. 12, 
1737. 

Both of his wives were daughters of Ab- 
raham Skinner of Oxford, Mass. , who after- 
wards lived at Glastonbury, Conn., and Col- 
chester, Conn. 

Soon after the birth of their daughter 
Abigail, Jan. 31, 1721, as recorded in the 
Town Records at Oxford, Mass., they moved 



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to Glastonbury, Conn., where he purchased 
one hundred acres of land. 

In the land records at Hebron, Conn., 
Joseph White buys 100 acres of Stephen 
Post, April 25, 1722. In the deed he is de- 
scribed as Joseph White of Oxford, County 
of Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay. 
On Nov. 6, 1722, he sells land in Hebron, 
and on the same day buys of Joseph Dayley 
30 acres in same town. 

Joseph White of Colchester, Conn., buys 
110 acres in Hebron, Conn., Sept. 19, 1724, 
of William Tulley of Saybrook, Conn. On 
April 23, 1740, he buys four acres adjoining 
land of John Root and Abraham Skinner, 
at Colchester, Conn. 

It is apparent that he owned land in 
Glastonbury in 1747, as on Dec. 15, 1747, he 
deeds land to his son-in-law, Thomas Love- 
land. On Dec. 6, 1743, he deeds land in 
same town to Elizer Bingham. On March 5, 
1743, he deeds land to Robert Loveland, 



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located in Eastbury Parish, adjoining Heb- 
ren bounds. On July 20, 1752, he deeds 
land in same town to Peter Mutford of Mar- 
thas Vineyard, Mass., mariner. 

On Feb. 2, 1758, "In consideration of 
love and affection for my son Joseph, Jr.," 
he deeds one third of his farm on the east 
side of the Connecticut River. 

On Nov. 12, 1737, Abraham Skinner of 
Colchester, in the County of Hartford and 
State of Connecticut, " In consideration of 
love and good will, I bear my son Joseph 
White of Eastbury Parish, in the Town of 
Glastonbury, etc.," conveys to Joseph White 
one hundred acres of land in said Town. 

On the Town Records of East Hampton, 
Conn., is this record, "Joseph White Sen- 
ior in East Hampton Parish, in Chatham, 
died October ye 29th, 1772." 

He made his will, dated Chatham, Conn. , 
July 27, 1772, proved Nov. 7, 1772, in the 



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Probate Court at Middletown, Conn., for 
Middlesex County. His will is as follows: 

In the Name of God, Amen. 

This 27th day of July, Anno Domini, 
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy- 
two, I, Joseph White of Chatham, in the 
County of Hartford, and Colony of Connec- 
ticut, in New England, being of perfect 
mind and memory. Thanks be given to God, 
but advancing in years, and calling to mind 
the mortality of my body and knowing that 
it is appointed unto all men once to die, do 
make and ordain this my last Will and Tes- 
tament, that is to say: 

First and Principally. — I give and rec- 
commend my soul into the hands of God, who 
gave it, and my body I reccommend unto 
the earth, to be buried in decent Christian 
burial, at the discretion of my Executors, 
nothing doubting but at the general ressu- 
rection I shall receive the same by the 



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mighty power of God: and as touching such 
wordly estate wherewith it hath pleased God 
to bless me in this life, I give, devise and 
dispose of the same in the following manner 
and form: 

Imprimis — I will that my debts and fun- 
eral charges be paid and discharged. 

Item — I give and bequeath unto my well 
beloved wife one cow and six sheep and all 
that she brought with her of household goods 
forever, and also all of the improvements of 
all my household goods during her natural 
life, as also the use and improvements of my 
dwelling house and barn during her natural 
life. 

Item — I give my eldest son, Joseph 
White, considering how much I have al- 
ready given him, I give him five shillings 
lawful money. 

Item— I give and bequeath to my two 
grandsons, Thomas and Samuel White, the 
sons of my late son, Thomas White, thirty 



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acres of land upon the south side of my 
home lot with my dwelling house and barn 
thereon standing after my above said wife's 
decease, to be equally divided between them. 
I give it to them and theirs forever. 

Item — I give and bequeath to the children 
of my daughter Abigail Perrin and the chil- 
dren of my daughter Mary Loveland and to 
my daughter Ruth Sears all the remaining 
part of my personal or moveable estate not 
yet disposed of, and also all the remaining 
part of my lands and household goods after 
my wife's decease to be so divided that the 
children of each of my eldest daughters shall 
have one third part of it, and my daughter 
Ruth one third part. 

I hereby constitute and appoint my well 
beloved wife Charity White and my son 
Elkannah Sears joint executrix and execu- 
tor to this my last Will and Testament. 
And I do hereby revoke and disannul and 
make void all former Wills and Testaments 



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by me heretofore made and declare this to 
be my last Will and Testament. 

In Witness Whereof, I, the said Jos- 
eph White, have hereunto set my hand and 
seal the date and year above written and in 
the 12th year of His Majesties Reign. 

Joseph White, [l. s.] 

Signed, sealed and declared to be his last 
Will and Testament. In presence of John 
Norton, Eunice Norton, Eunice Norton, 
Junior. 

The inventory of his estate was filed in 
the Probate Court at Middletown, Conn., 
April 5, 1773. Amount of inventory in 
pounds sterling was 146.8.11. Account of 
Administration recorded Jan. 1, 1776. 

"Elkannah Sears, Executor to the last 
Will and Testament of Mr. Joseph White, 
late of Chatham, Conn., deceased, made his 
return of sales of land agreeable to the order 
of the General Assembly together with the 
advice of this Court, amounting to ten 



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pounds legal money, which was accepted 
and ordered to be kept on file. ("Book of 
Wills No. 4, Dec. 17, 1778, Middletown, 
Conn.") 

The Following Deeds are of Interest. 

To all people to Whom these Presents 
shall Come, Greeting, Know Ye, That I 
Joseph White of Chatham, in the Colony 
of Connecticut in New England: For the 
consideration of Thirty Pounds Lawful 
Money Received to my full satisfaction, of 
Elkannah Sears of this same Chatham, 
County and Colony aforesaid. 

Do Give, Grant, Bargain, Sell and 
Confirm unto the said Elkanah Sears, his 
Heirs and Assigns forever, One Certain piece 
of land Lying in Sd. Chatham being part 
of the lots No. 128 and 129 in the Three 
Miles Division, and is Delineated as follows: 
Viz. Beginning at the North West Corner 
of James Bills' Land of Sd. Lott Runs South 



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17| Deg. East Twenty Seven Rods, then 
West li Deg., South One Hundred and 
Ninety Rods to the west end of Sd. Lots 
then North 17i Deg., West Twenty Seven 
Rods, then East li Deg. North about One 
Hundred and Ninety Rods to the first men- 
tioned corner. Containing Thirty Acres of 
land (Exclusive of a Highway laid across 
Sd. Lotts). Bounded North on Land be- 
longing to the Heirs of Thomas Gates, De- 
ceased, East on James Bills' Land, South 
on my own Land, West on a Highway, and 
that I Joseph White, Do reserve the im- 
provements of said Land During my Natural 
Life and if my wife Charity should out live 
me, the said Joseph White, then she is to 
have the improvements of one third of said 
land During her Natural Life. 

To Have and to Hold the above Granted 
AND Bargained Premises, with the ap- 
purtenances thereof, unto him the said 
Elkanah Sears, his Heirs and Assigns for- 



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ever, to his and their own proper use and 
behoof. 

And also 1, the said Joseph White do 
for myself, my Heirs, Executors and Ad- 
ministrators, Covenant with the said El- 
kanah Sears, his Heirs and Assigns, That at 
and until the Ensealing these Presents, I 
am well seized of the Premises as a good 
indefeasible Estate in fee simple: and have 
good Right to Bargain and Sell the same 
in Manner and Form as it is above written: 
and that the same is free of all incumbrances 
whatsoever. And Furthermoee, I the said 
Joseph White do by these presents bind 
myself and my Heirs forever, to warrant 
and defend the above Granted and Bar- 
gained Premises to him the said Elkanah 
Sears, his Heirs and Assigns, against all 
Claims and Demands whatsoever. In Wit- 
ness Whereof, I have hereunto set my 
hand and Seal the First Day of June in the 
Twelfth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign 



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Lord George The Third of Great Britain, 
&c., King, Anno Domini, 1772. 

Joseph White (l. s.) 

Signed, sealed and delivered in the 
Presence of Nathaniel Freeman, Hatsuld 
Freeman. 

Hartford County, S. S. Chatham, June 
the 1st Day A. D., 1772, then personally ap- 
peared Joseph White the Signer and Sealer 
of the Foregoing Instrument and acknowl- 
edged the same to be his free act and Deed, 
before me, Nathaniel Freeman, Just. Peace. 

Chatham Jan. ye 4th. 1773. Rec'd and 
Recorded Lib. 1, page 355. Per John Pen- 
field, Register. 

To All People to Whom These Presents 
Shall Come: Greeting. 

Know ye that I, Charity White, of Chat- 
ham, in the County of Hartford and Colony 
of Connecticut in New England, for the 
consideration of Twenty Pounds, lawful 



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money received to my full satisfaction of 
Elkanah Sears of the same Chatliam, County 
and Colony aforesaid, have leased and by 
these presents do lease, let and to farm let 
unto the said Elkanah Sears, his heirs and 
Assigns, two certain pieces of land lying in 
said Chatham, one piece being part of the 
Lot No. 129 in the three miles division, 
containing by estimation about thirty acres 
of land, being the whole of the land that 
my late and well beloved husband, Joseph 
White, owned at the time of his decease, 
be it more or less, and is bounded south 
partly on a Highway and partly on James 
Bills' land: West on the highway: North 
on said Sears' own land: East on James 
Bills' land. The other piece is part of the 
Lots No. 128 and 129 in the three miles 
division, containing thirty acres of land, 
being the land the above said Joseph White 
sold to Elkanah Sears in his lifetime: to- 
gether with the dwelling house and barn 



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standing on the first described piece of land. 
To have and to hold the above premises 
during my natural life unto him, the said 
Elkanah Sears, his heirs and assigns, to 
his and their own proper use and the im- 
provement with full liberty to fell timber, 
plow the land, and to till it in every respect, 
as I, the said Charity White, had given me 
by the last Will and Testament of my late 
husband, Joseph White. 

And furthermore, I, the said Charity 
White, covenant with the said Elkanah 
Sears, his heirs and assigns, that at and until 
the ensealing of these presents, that I have 
good right and lawful authority to lease 
out the above said premises, as it is above 
written, and that the same is free of all 
incumberances whatsoever. 

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto 

set my hand and seal this 28th. day of 

January, 1773, and in the 13th year of his 

Majesties Reign. 

Charity White (l. s.) 



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Signed, sealed and delivered in presence 
of us. Nathaniel Goff, Jr. Elizabeth Wad- 
dams. 

The following records of the children of 
of Joseph White and his two wives, Abigail 
Skinner and Charity Skinner, are taken 
from the Town records at Oxford, Mass., 
the Town Records of Hebron, Conn., and 
Chatham, Conn., and the records of the 
First Church of East Hampton, Conn. 

The record of the dates of birth of these 
children, is in the Town books of Hebron, 
one of which is the date of birth of his 
daughter, Abigail, which being the same 
date as the record of this daughter at Ox- 
ford, Mass., proves that he is the same 
Joseph White, as described in his marriage 
record at Oxford, Mass,, which states that 

he is from Mendon, Mass. 

Children: 
By iirst wife: 

26. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 31, 1721, at Ox- 
ford, Mass. 



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27. Mehitabel, b. Feb. 3, 1723, d. not in 
will. 

28. MARY, b. Nov. 26, 1726. 

29. Rachel, b. Sept, 25, 1730, d. unm. 
before 1772, 

30. RUTH, b. 1733. 

31. JOSEPH, b. March 16, 1735. "Oldest 

son," named in will. 

By second wife: 

32. THOMAS, b. , named in father's 

- will. 

26. ABIGAIL, married Stephen Perrin 
Nov. 30, 1737. Lived in Simsbury, Conn. 
She died previous to July 27, 1772, the date 
of her father's will. 

Children: 

33. STEPHEN, b. . 

34. EUsha, b. . 



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35. Samuel, b. . 

36. Abigail, b. , m. Samuel Clark. 

On the 27th of April, 1786, "Stephen 
Pering" and " Elisha Pering " of Simsbury, 
in Hartford County, State of Connecticut, 
in New England, and Samuel and Abigail 
Clark, ' ' formerly of Gran vel in the State of 
Massachusetts Bay, now residing in the 
State of New York," quit claim to Elkanah 
Sears of Chatham, in Middlesex County, and 
State of Connecticut, in New England, their 
interest in "land given to us by the will of 
Joseph White, of said Chatham, our grand- 
father, we being the children of ' Abigail 
Pering,' daughter of said White, deceased, 
which estate is lying and being in the 3 
miles division. Lots 128 and 129, in Easthamp- 
ton Society in said Chatham, aforesaid." 

Signed, Stephen Peking, [s.] 

Witnesses: John Clark, David Clark. 

Middlesex County, S. S., Chatham, Conn. 



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Sworn before John Clark, J. P., April 27, 
1786. 

Signed, Elisha Peking, [s.] 
Sworn to before Eben White, J. P., Jan. 19, 
1787. Middlesex County, S. S. Chatham, 
Conn. 

33. STEPHEN PERRIN, of Granville, 
Mass., married Ruth Cossitof Salmonbrook, 
Simsbury, Conn., at St. Ann's Church, Sal- 
monbrook, Feb. 2, 1769. She was a sister of 
Rev. Rennea Cossit, who was a native of 
Simsbury, but was educated and ordained 
in London, England, in 1773. He was set- 
tled and preached in Haverhill, N. H., and 
after the Revolution in Nova Scotia. 

Children: 

37. Ruth, bap. April 1, 1770. 

38. Samuel, bap. Oct. 15, 1772. 

39. Rennea C, bap. June 26, 1774. 

28. MARY WHITE, married Thomas 
Loveland, Nov. 26, 1747. He was a son of 



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Thomas Loveland, born April 2, 1714, and 
his wife Eunice House. His father was John 
Loveland who married Kezia Williams, June 
16, 1708. His father was Thomas Loveland 
who was granted "the last of the four score 
acre lots" in 1674, at Glastonbury, Conn., 
and are described as being ' ' bounded South 
by undivided land." 

The marriage Record in the Town Rec- 
ords of Glastonbury, Conn., is as follows: 
"Thomas Loveland and Mary White, Jos- 
eph White's Daughter, of Glastonbury, 
were married Nov. 26, 1747." 

The Following Deed Explains Itself: 

To all people to whom these presents 
shall come, Gkeeting, know ye that we, 
Thomas Loveland of Falltown and Adam 
Wellman and Mary Wellman, his wife, both 
of Greenfield, all of the County of Hamp- 
shire, in the State of Massachusetts Bay, 
and William White and Elizabeth White. 



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his wife, both of Chatham, in the County of 
Middlesex, and Mary Loveland and Ruth 
Loveland both of Glastonbury, in Hartford 
County, and in the State of Connecticut, for 
the consideration of three pounds lawful 
money received to our full satisfaction of 
Elkanah Sears of said Chatham, do by these 
presents remise, remit, release, and forever 
quit claim unto the said Elkanah Sears, his 
Heirs and assigns, all our right, title and in- 
terest, claims or demands that we or any of 
us, now have or ever had in or to a certain 
piece of land, lying in said Chatham, which 
was given to us by the Will of our Grand- 
father, Joseph White, late of Chatham, de- 
ceased, which estate is lying and being in 
the three miles division. Lots No. 128 and 
129, in the Easthampton Society in said 
Chatham, aforesaid. To have and to hold 
the above granted and released premises un- 
to the said Elkanah Sears, his heirs and 
assigns forever, to his and their own proper 



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use and behoof so that neither of us, the 
said Thomas Loveland, Adam Wellman, 
Mary Wellman, William White, Elizabeth 
White, Mary Loveland and Ruth Loveland, 
nor our heirs, nor any person or persons for 
us or in our name, nor in the name, right, of 
them, or any of us, shall or may hereafter 
have any claim, challenge, or demand any 
estate, right, title, or interest, in or to the 
aforesaid premises, or any part thereof, but 
from all and every action, right, estate, title, 
interest and demand of in or to the said 
premises, or any part thereof, they and 
every of them shall be utterly ended and 
barred forever by these presents. 

And furthermore, we, the said Thomas 
Loveland, Adam Wellman, Mary Wellman, 
William White, Elizabeth White, Mary 
Loveland and Ruth Loveland do by these 
presents bind ourselves and our heirs for- 
ever to warrant and defend the above granted 
and bargained premises to him the said El- 



THE WHITE FAMILY 34 

kanah Sears, his heirs and assigns against 
any person or persons claiming the same 
from or by us or any of us. 

In Witness Whereof, we have here- 
unto set our hands and seals this 12th day 
of October, 1787. 

Signed and sealed and delivered in pres- 
ence of 

Joshua Frank, Adam Wellman, 

John Phelps, Mara Wellman, wife 

John Clark, of above Adam, 

Jerusha Clark, Mary Loveland, 

John Clark, Ruth Loveland, 

Benjamin Sears, William White, 

Elizabeth White, wife 

of above William. 

Thomas Loveland, Jr. 

Hartford County, S. S. Glastonbury, 
October 12, 1787. 

Then Adam Wellman, Mara Wellman, 
Mary Loveland and Ruth Loveland, all 



THE WHITE FAMILY 35 

signers and sealers of the foregoing instru- 
ment, all personally appearing, all of them 
acknowledged the same to be their volun- 
tary act and deed, before me, John Phelps, 
Justice of the Peace. 

Middlesex County, S. S. Chatham, 
January 18, 1788. 
Then personally appeared William White 
and Elizabeth White, signers and sealers of 
the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged 
the same to be their free act and deed, be- 
fore me, John Clark, Justice of the Peace. 

Middlesex County, S. S. Chatham, 
February 18, 1789. 

Personally appeared Thomas Loveland, 
Jr., signer and sealer of the foregoing instru- 
ment, and acknowledged the same to be his 
free act and deed, before me, John Clark, 
Justice of the Peace. 

(Received Nov. 5th, 1795, and recorded 



THE WHITE FAMILY 36 

Lib. 8th, page 334-335, signed Left. Daniel 
Shepard, Register.) 

The children of Mary White and Thomas 
Loveland were: 

40. ELIZABETH, b. . 



41. Mary, b. , lived at Glastonbury, 

Conn. 

42. Ruth, b. , lived at Glastonbury, 

Conn. 

43. Thomas, b. , lived at Falltown, 

Conn. 

m 

44. Mara, b. , m. Adam Wellman, 

lived at Greenfield, Hampshire Co. , 
Mass. 

40. ELIZABETH LOVELAND, mar- 
ried William White, Nov. 18, 1767. They 
lived at Chatham, Conn., where in the Town 
and Church Records the births of their 
children are recorded. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 37 

He was bap. Sept. 10, 1742, a son of 

Ebenezer White, and his wife Ann Hollis- 

ter, in the line of Deacon John White, of 

Hartford. His mother was appointed his 

guardian Feb. 5, 1759. He died March 17, 

1823, aged 80 years. 

Children: 

45. William, b. Nov. 16, 1769. 

46. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 27, 1772. 

47. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 28, 1776, d. Aug. 

25, 1779. 

48. Sarah, b. Sept. 26, 1778. 

49. Ebenezer, b. March 25, 1782. 

60. Molly, b. Aug. 19, 1784. 

61. Hannah, b. May 31, 1787. 

62. Joseph Chester, b. May 6, 1790. 

63. David, b. April 4, 1795. 

30. RUTH WHITE, married June 6, 
1757, Capt. Elkanah Sears, born in Har- 



THE WHITE FAMILY 38 

wich, Mass., April 12, 1734, and died in 
Easthampton, Conn., Nov. 26, 1816, aged 
83 years. He was son of Joshua — Paul — 
Paul — Richard, who was born in Marble- 
head, Mass., about 1637, died at Yarmouth, 
Mass., Feb., 20, 1707. She died March 9, 
1823, aged 90 years. 

Elkanah Sears came to Middletown, 
Conn., with his parents in 1746, and after 
his marriage in 1757, lived on a farm just 
west of Pocotopang Lake, East Hampton, 
Conn. Many personal anecdotes are re- 
lated of him. 

He was a tall, heavily built man, very 
strong and fearless. After the Revolution- 
ary War broke out, he equipped and com- 
manded a vessel commissioned as a privateer 
to prey on British Commerce. His vessel 
was captured and Captain Sears and one of 
his men were taken prisoners and confined 
on board a British War Ship. From what 
they heard and saw they expected that 



THE WHITE FAMILY 39 

preparations were making for their sum- 
mary execution and concluding that they 
had rather trust their necks in the water, 
than to a rope, they eluded the sentinel 
about midnight, and let themselves down 
into the water, but were soon discovered, 
and fired upon from the ship. Captain 
Sears reached the shore in safety and 
taking a boat went out and picked up his 
man, whose strength had given out, both 
finally escaped. 

After the war he became extensively 
engaged in agricultural pursuits and the 
cooperage business. 

On March 28, 1757, he buys 14 acres in 
Middletown, Conn., of Rebecca Sears. 

He was Executor of the last Will and 
Testament of Mr. Joseph White, died 1772, 
his father-in-law. 

He was appointed Guardian of Thomas 
White a minor son of Thomas White, died 
1769. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 40 

He made his will May 11, 1806, and 
names wife Ruth and children as below, to 
whom he devised about $15,000. 

Children: 

54. ISAAC, b. Nov. 3, 1757. 

55. WILLARD, b. Sept. 8, 1760. 

66. Ruth, b. March 13, 1763, d. July 2, 
1764. 

57. RUTH, b. March 21, 1765. 

58. Benjamin, b. , named in will. 

69. Rachel, b. Sept. 9, 1768. 

54. ISAAC SEARS, married Grace , 



in Chatham, Conn. He died at New Dur- 
ham, N. Y., in 1842, aged 85 years. He 
lived at Chatham, Conn., until 1798, in 
which year he moved to New Durham, 

N. Y. 

Children: 

60. Isaac, b. Sept. 24, 1786. 

61. Anna, b. . 



THE WHITE FAMILY 41 

62. Lucy, b. . 

63. Polly, b. . 

64. Chauncey, b. . 

65. Selden, b. . 



55. WILLARD SEARS, married (1) 
Rhoda Bailey, Nov. 23, 1785, (2) Mrs. 
Betsey (Clark) Strong, May 22, 1796. He 
was a cooper and farmer. He served in the 
war of the Revolution. 

They lived at East Hampton Parish, 
Chatham, Conn. He died Aug. 23, 1838, 
aged 78 years. His (1) wife was born 
March, 1766, died Feb. 17, 1794. His (2) 
wife died Jan. 9, 1831, aged 58 years. 

Children: 
By first wife: 

66. RHODA, b. March 29, 1789. 

67. RACHEL, b. Feb. 11, 1794. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 42 

By second wife: 

68. BETSEY, b. March 23, 1797. 

69. Ogden, b. Aug. 19, 1798. 

70. Willard, b. Oct. 19, 1799. 

71. EUNICE, b. May 11, 1801. 

72. STEPHEN G., b. Sept. 27, 1803. 
73. Elijah C, b. June 23, 1805. 

74. SELDEN P., b. July 21, 1813. 

66. RHODA SEARS, married Ezra 
Ayers, May 13, 1820. They lived at East 
Hampton Parish, Chatham, Conn. He was 
from Greenwich, Mass., in which town they 
made their home. 

Children: 

75. Adeline, b. Oct. 12, 1822. 

76. Augusta W., b. April 16, 1827. 

77. Ezra S., b. Feb. 18, 1851. 

67. RACHEL SEARS, married Eras- 



THE WHITE FAMILY 43 

tus Sheldon, March 7, 1818. They lived at 
New Marlboro, Mass. He died April, 1860, 
aged 80 years. 

Children: 

78. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 20, 1817, m. Rev. 

Asa Lombard. 

79. Oliver, b. Sept. 18, 1819, m. Lavinia 

Arnold. 

80. Erastus M., b. April 10, 1821. 

81. Eunice, b. Dec. 28, 1823, m. Dr. 

Seth Pease of Mill River, Mass. 

82. Edmund, b. July 25, 1829. 

68. BETSEY SEARS, married Harvey 
Arnold, Sept. 8, 1821. Moving to West 
Hartford, Conn., about 1840. 

They lived in East Hampton, Conn. 

He died February 18, 1847. She died 
Jan. 16, 1850. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 44 

Cliildren: 

83. Joshua M., b. Sept. 13, 1832, d. Feb. 

25, 1888. 

84. James P., b. Jan. 10, 1826, m. Char- 

lotte Brace, had daughter Lizzie, 
m. Geo. Pease of Pittsfield, Mass. 

85. Lavinia S., b. March 4, 1828, m. 

Oliver Sheldon. 

86. Edwin H., b. Nov. 27, 1830, m. (1) 

Flagg, m, (2) Harriet Wads- 
worth. 

71. EUNICE SEARS, married Henry 
Snow, Jr., Sept. 21, 1834. They lived at 
East Hampton, Conn. She died June 10, 
1875, aged 74 years. 

Children: 

87. Henry, b. July 31, 1839. His chil- 

dren living at East Hampton, 
Conn. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 45 

88. Lavinia, b. Nov. 3, 1840, m. , 

d. . 

72. STEPHEN G. SEARS, married 

Emily Veazey, May 1, 1831. Lived at East 

Hampton, Conn. He was a cooper and 

farmer. He died Oct. 12, 1874. She was 

born Feb. 14, 1805, d. April 3, 1879, and 

was a daughter of Eleazer Veazey and his 

wife Elizabeth West of East Hampton, 

Conn. 

Children: 

89. Mary E., b. Jan. 12, 1835, m. Ben- 

nett Gillitte of Prospect, Conn., 
May 20, 1868. He d. March 6, 
1875. 

90. CLARK O., b. July 24, 1836. 

91. CUSHMAN A., b. Sept. 26, 1838. 
92. Caroline D., b. April, 24, 1843. 

90. CLARK O. SEARS, married Char- 
lotte J. Fielding, Jan. 8, 1857. Lived at 



THE WHITE FAMILY 46 

East Hampton, Conn. He died Jan. 31, 

1891. She died July 10, 1899. 

Children: 

93. Rosa F., b. Nov. 4, 1858, d. Jan. 10, 

1875. 

94. Mary E., b. March 17, 1860, m. 

Clayton L. Smith. 

95. Ida J., b. Dec. 10, 1861, d. 1891. 

96. Lizzie M., b. June 26, 1863, d. June 

20, 1886. 

97. Carrie V., b. Aug. 8, 1865, m. Dr. 

W. H. Hills, Oct. 1, 1892. 

91. CUSHMAN A. SEARS, married 
Evelyn Lay, Nov. 11, 1862. They live in 
Portland, Conn., where he has been a prac- 
ticing Physician for more than 40 years. 
Graduated, Medical University of New York 

City, 1862. 

Children: 

98. ANNIE B., b. Nov. 26, 1864. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 47 

99. WALTER C, b. June 10, 1868. 
100. BERTHA E., b. Feb. 22, 1875. 

98. ANNIE B. SEARS, married Wil- 
liam H. Selden of Lyme, Conn., Dec. 9, 
1884, at Portland, Conn. 

They live at Stambaugh, Mich. He is a 
son of R. L. Selden, and his wife Sarah 
Loper of Hadlyme, Conn. He is largely 
interested in Iron Mines. 

Children: 

101. William H., b. Nov. 28, 1885, at 

Portland, Conn. 

102. Katherine H., b. June 15, 1891, at 

Westbrook, Conn. 

103. Anna S., b. June 10, 1895, at Stam- 

baugh, Mich. 

104. Rachel S., b. Jan. 5, 1888, at New 

Haven, Conn., d. April 20, 1888. 

99. WALTER C. SEARS, married (1) 



THE WHITE FAMILY 48 

Caroline E. Sheldon of Burlington, Vt., (2) 
at Providence, R. I., Jan. 1, 1906, Mrs. 
Irene (Muirhead) McMellen. 

He is a practicing physician at Provi- 
dence, R. I. He is a graduate of Medical 
College at Burlington, Vt. 

Child: 

105. Cushman A., b. June 23, 1899. 

100. BERTHA E. SEARS, married 
Daniel W. Robertson, April, 1, 1892. They 
live at Brooklyn, New York. 

Child: 

106. Evelyn Sears Robertson, b. May 

10, 1903. 

74. SELDEN P. SEARS, married 
Eveline Dickinson, Nov. 29, 1843. Lived at 
Elm wood. Conn. He died in Jan., 1900. 

She was from Marlboro, Conn., and in 
1907 is still living at Elmwood, Conn., at 
the age of 95 years. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 49 

Children: 

107. PRESCOTT A., b. Oct. 16, 1846. 

108. NEWMAN E., b. Sept. 16, 1848. 

107. PRESCOTT A. SEARS, married 
March 12, 1878, Julia I. Roberts, born March 
18, 1849, died Dec. 30, 1900. Daughter of 
Nathan and Julia A. (Prescott) Roberts of 
South Hadley Falls, Mass. Mr. Sears is a 
market gardener, and resides at Elmwood, 
West Hartford, Conn. 

Children: 

109. Charles E., b. July 16, 1879, d. 

Jan. 8, 1882. 

110. Sarah E., b. June 2, 1886. 

111. Clara E., b. May 18, 1889. 

108. NEWMAN E. SEARS, married 
Oct. 21, 1884, Florence A. Smith, daughter 



THE WHITE FAMILY 50 

of Henry S. and Helen M. (Niles) Smith of 

East Hampton, Conn. 

Children: 

112. Helen A., b. Sept. 12, 1886. 

113. Selden T., b. May 10, 1888. 

114. Charlotte S., b. May 4, 1893. 

115. Ruth W., b. Jnly 31, 1894. 

57. RUTH SEARS, married Joshua 

Bailey, Nov. 5, 1784. Lived at Meredith, 

N. Y., where she died in 1830. One of 

their sons was the inventor of a machine for 

weaving underwear. He died in or near 

Cohoes, N. Y. 

Children: 

116. Lucy, bap. May, 1794. 

117. Timothy, bap. May, 1794. 

118. Anna, bap. April 9, 1797. 

119. Joshua, bap. Oct. 26, 1800. 

31. JOSEPH WHITE, married Ruth 



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THE WHITE FAMILY $1 

Churchill. He was a farmer and land sur- 
veyor living in the parish of East Hampton, 
Conn,, Town of Chatham, on a farm which 
as a mark of love and good will his father 
deeded to him Feb. 22, 1758. 

He was a Corporal in Capt. Tyler's Com- 
pany of Col. Huntington's Regiment, War 
of the Revolution. After the battle of Long 
Island he is reported as missing Aug. 27, 
1776. He died while a prisoner in the prison 
known as the "Sugar House," New York 
City, having been captured by the British at 
the Battle of Long Island. 

His wife, Ruth Churchill, was born Oct. 
20, 1737, and was a daughter of Daniel 
Churchill and Abigail White (who was a 
daughter of Nathaniel White and Mehitabel 
Hurlburt in the line of descent from Deacon 
John White of Hartford, Conn.). 

(The history of the White family in 
Middletown, Conn., was collected many 
years ago by Ebenezer B. White of Port- 




DR. JOSEPH WHITE 
(120) 



THE WHITE FAMILY 52 

land, Conn., who was born in 1804, in 
which he states that his father, was a second 
cousin to Ruth Churchill, wife of Joseph 
White, born 1735, of Chatham, making him 
a third cousin to his son, Joseph White, 
born 1762.) 

As appears by the records in the Town 
Clerk's Office at East Hampton, Conn., 
their only child was as follows, in which 
record the above Joseph White is named as 
the son of Joseph White, 3rd, as follows: 

"Joseph son to Joseph White ye 3rd. 
and Ruth his wife was born ye 26th of 
September A. D. 1762." 

Child: 

120. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 26, 1762. 

120. JOSEPH WHITE, married (1) in 
1787, Olive Holt, born Oct. lo, 1763, died 
Sept. 20, 1792, married (2) Deborah Holt, 
born Feb. 21, 1774, died Aug. 23, 1821. 

He was a soldier in the Revolution in 




DEBORAH (HOLT) WIHTE 
Wife of Dr. Joseph White 

(120) 



THE WHITE FAMILY 53 

Capt. Rudd's Company of Col. Chapman's 
Regiment, Aug, 2, 1778, to Sept. 12, 1778, 
and took an active part in the battle of 
Rhode Island. As a boy he took great 
interest in the study of medicine, showing 
such aptitude, that at the age of twenty-one 
he began the practice of medicine and sur- 
gery, in the Town of Cherry Valley, State of 
New York, in which Town he took up his 
permanent residence. 

He became one of the most eminent 
physicians and surgeons in the State. 

He took a great interest in the welfare 
of his country, and was a member of the 
Governor's Council, to which office he was 
appointed Jan. 3, 1798. He was a State 
Senator, 20th Session, 1796-7, and 21st and 
22nd sessions from the Western District of 
New York. He was County Judge, Otsego 
County, first elected Oct. 20, 1800, which 
office he held for twenty-one years. 

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written by his son, Dr. Delos White, and 
edited by Dr. F. S. Williams, published in 
1840, there are six pages (624 to 630) from 
which it appears that he died June 2, 1832, 
in the 70th year of his age. It is also stated 
that he was in the United States Navy 
during the. Revolutionary War and took 
part in two battles. He went to Cherry 
Valley as early as 1787, living before that 
in Catskill, N. Y., and Canajoharie, N. Y. 

Children: 

121. Delos, b. Oct. 20, 1788, d. before 

1840. 

122. Menzo, b. Oct. 19, 1793, d. June 26, 

1821. 

123. LEVANTIA, b. Nov. 15, 1795. 

124. JOSEPH L., b. Sept. 3, 1801. 

125. George W., b. Sept. 27, 1810. 

124. JOSEPH L.WHITE was born in 
Cherry Valley, N. Y. Studied law in Utica 




LEVANTIA (WHITE) LIVINGSTON 

(123) 



THE WHITE FAMILY 55 

and settled in the State of Indiana. Was 
representative in Congress in 1841-2. After 
leaving Congress settled in Nevr York City, 
where he was a successful lawyer. While 
on a business trip to Nicaragua he was shot 
by a drunken Indian, from the effects of 
which he died in 1861. 

123. LEVANTIA WHITE, married 

Jacob Livingston. They lived at Cherry 

VaUey, N. Y. 

Children: 

126. LEVANTIA W., b. March 18, 
1823. 

127. Joseph W., b. July 30, 1824, d. 

April 22, 1871. 

The children of Jacob Livingston and 
his first wife, Catharine A. De Peyster, 
were: 

128. John, b. Jan. 15, 1810, d. Oct. 19, 

1836. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 56 

129. Catharine A., b. May 22, 1811, d. 

March 6, 1895, m. Hon. Wm. W. 
Campbell of Cherry Valley, N. Y., 
Dec. 8, 1856. 

130. Cornelia R., b. July 9, 1815, d. 

Sept. 11, 1902, m. Henry Rose- 
boom, May 24, 1843. 

126. LEVANTIA WHITE LIVING- 
STON, married Abraham B. Cox, June 29, 
1843. They lived in Cherry Valley, N. Y., 
and in New York City, where he died Feb. 

7, 1870. She died Jan. 1, 1900. 

Children: 

131. A. BEEKMAN, b. April 16, 1844. 

132. CORNELIA B., b. Feb. 8, 1846, 

m. Rev. David L. Schwartz, Oct. 
1, 1872. 

133. LEVANTIA W., b. Dec. 13, 1848. 

131. A. BEEKMAN COX, married 
Augusta McBlair Ten Eyck, April 30, 1873. 



THE WHITE FAMILY $7 

She was born May 22, 1845, died March 28, 
1876. They lived at Rochester, N. Y. He 
graduated from Yale College, Class of 1864, 
and from the Renssalaer Polytechnic in 
1867. He followed his profession of Civil 
Engineering for a number of years in Albany, 
N. Y., and Rochester, N. Y., and then re- 
tired to Cherry Valley, N. Y., where he 
lived the life of a country gentleman and 
was greatly respected. He died Feb. 16, 

1906. 

Children: 

134. Abraham B., b. March 10, 1874. 

135. JULIA TEN EYCK, b. Oct. 17, 
1875. 

133. LEVANTIA W. COX, married 
Lansdale Boardman, April 25, 1877. They 
lived at New York City. He was a broker. 
Member of the New York Stock Exchange. 
He died Sept. 9, 1903. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 58 

Children: 

136. Rosina C, b. Feb. 18, 1878. 

137. Lansdale, b. Sept. 16, 1879, d. July 

20, 1880. 

138. Gerard, b. Sept. 24, 1881, d. April 

20, 1890. 

139. Kenneth, b. May 26, 1884. 

140. Clarinda S., b. Feb. 15, 1887. 

32. THOMAS WHITE, married Su- 
sanna . His father in his will gives to 

the children named below. Lived at Middle- 
town, Conn., and previously at Glastonbury, 
Conn. 

His widow, Susanna , married (2) 

Dewey. 

Children: 

141. SAMUEL, bap. May 18, 1766. 

142. Thomas, bap. May 18, 1766. 

Elkanah Sears was appointed by the 



THE WHITE FAMILY 59 

Probate Court, Guardian of Thomas, a 
minor son of Thomas, April 5, 1773, at 
Middletown, Conn. 

141. On the 9th of December, 1783, 
Samuel White of Brookfield, County of 
Worcester, Massachusetts, sells to Elkanah 
Sears, ' ' of Chatham, in the County of Hart- 
ford, and State of Connecticut, one certain 
piece of land, lying in Easthampton Society, 
in said Chatham, being part of the Lot No. 
129 in the 3 miles Division, containing about 
25 acres, bounded East on Isaac Sears' land 
of the same lot. South partly on a highway, 
and partly on Daniel Clark's land, AVest on 
a highway, North on land belonging to the 
Heirs of Joseph White, deceased, contain- 
ing the whole of the land belonging to said 
lot, that my honoured Grandfather, Joseph 
White, gave to me and my brother Thomas 
White by Will." 

Signed, Samuel White, (l. s.) 



THE WHITE FAMILY 60 

Witnesses. John Clark. Isaac Sears. 
Sworn to Dec. 9, 1783, before John Clark, 
J. P. 

Hartford County, S. S. Chatham, Conn. 

11. LIEUTENANT SAMUEL 
WHITE, son of Joseph and Lydia Rogers 
White, born Feb. 14, 1666, married Anna 
Bingley, and removed from Weymouth, to 
Braintree in 1702, they had several children 
but no descendants of the name are now 
living. 

5. THOMAS, married Mary Pratt of 

Weymouth, Mass. Lived at Braintree, 

Mass. 

Children: 

143. SAMUEL, b. , d. 1756. 

144. THOMAS, b. . 

145. JOSEPH, b. . 

143. SAMUEL, married Deborah Pen- 



THE WHITE FAMILY 6l 

niman, Dec. 5, 1705. He died 1756, she was 
born Feb. 27, 1680, died Aug. 4, 1724. 

144. THOMAS, married Mehitabei 

Adams, July 21, 1697. She was the daughter 

of Joseph and Abigail (Baxter) Adams, born 

Nov. 16, 1673, died Oct. 2, 1713, m. (2) Mary 

Bowditch, April 29, 1714, born Feb. 17, 

1687, d. 1724, m. (3) Mrs. Abigail Penniman, 

June 17, 1725. 

Children: 

146. Abigail, b. Feb. 2, 1707, m. Seth 

Copeland, March 7, 1734. 

147. Thomas, b. Oct. 2, 1698. 

From Braintree, Massachusetts, Ohserner^ 
Dec. 3, 1892. 

145. JOSEPH, married Sarah Bailey, 
Dec. 6, 1704, of Weymouth, Mass., m. (2) 
Elizabeth Goodwin, June 21 , 1712. 

Children: 
By first wife: 



THE WHITE FAMILY 62 

148. Mary, b. May 6, 1706, d. June 26, 

1707. 

149. Joseph, b. April 8, 1708. 

150. Abigail, b. July 6, 1710, d. Sept. 4, 

1712. 

151. Benjamin, b. Jan. 19, 1712. 

By second wife: 

152. Mary, b. July 5, 1716, d. Nov. 9, 

1716. 

153. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 4, 1717, d. Dec. 

12, 1717. 

154. Joseph, b. Nov. 10, 1719. 

155. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 1, 1718. 

156. John, b. May 24, 1719, d. Feb. 7, 

1720. 

157. John, b. Feb. 27, 1720, d. March 5, 

1720. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 63 

158. Benjamin, b. May 18, 1722. 

159. Martha, b. July 28, 1725. 

160. John, b. Aug. 8, 1726. 

In the Braintree, Mass., Observer of Dec. 
3, 1892, the following are given as the chil- 
dren of Joseph White who m. Sarah Bailey, 
and second Elizabeth Goodwin, as given 

in the above Boutelle Record: 

Children: 

161. Joseph, b. Oct. 1, 1706, d. 1795, m. 

Ruth Nash, March 21, 1734, she 
d. Aug. 21, 1767, aged 53 years. 

162. John, b. Feb. 28, 1710, d. June, 

1789, m. Ruth Thayer, b. Dec. 1, 
1729, d. Sept. 3, 1787, they re- 
moved to Randolph, Mass. 

6. EBENEZER, married Hannah Phil- 
lips, b. Nov. 25, 1654, at Weymouth, Mass. 
Daughter of Deacon Nicholas and Hannah 
(Salter) PhiUips. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 64 

He was Captain of the Local Military 
Company and was in many engagements 
with the Indians, and lived at Weymouth, 

Mass. 

Children: 

163. THOMAS, b. Aug. 19, 1673. 

164. Hannah, b. 1680, m." John Adler, 
she d. Oct. 5, 1732, aged 52 years. 

163. THOMAS WHITE, married 

Mary White, in 1700, he died April 28, 1752. 

She was born in Dorcester, Mass., in 1676, 

died Nov, 3, 1716, daughter of James and 

Sarah (Baker) White. 

Children : 

165. NATHANIEL, b. Sept. 4, 1701. 
166. John, b. Sept. 25, 1704, m. Jan. 23, 
1734, Anna Dyer, she d. May 4, 
1736, m. (2) May 24, 1739, Rachel 
Loring, b. Oct, 25, 1717, he moved 
to North Yarmouth, Me., in 1743, 
where he d. Nov. 1, 1747. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 65 

167. EBENEZER, b. Dec. 21, 1709, at 
Weymoutli, Mass. 

1 65. NATHANIEL WHITE, was born 
in 1690, according to Alden' s ^arly History 
of the Medical Profession^ in the County 
of Norfolk, Mass., and to the inscription on 
his tombstone, or in 1701, as stated by Vin- 
ton, in his White Genealogy. He graduated 
from Harvard College in 1725, and was a 
man of much talent and eminent in his pro- 
fession, although a very eccentric person. 
It is asserted that when he was summoned 
to a patient in stormy weather, he frequently 
would refuse to go, saying, "The weather 
is not fit for anyone to go out," but the 
messenger on his return usually found him, 
with his saddle-bags, at the bedside of his 
patient. He resided on the corner of Main 
and Pond streets, the site of the house 
formerly occupied by Dr. Greel3% dentist. 
He married his first wife, Sarah Lovell, 



THE WHITE FAMILY 66 

April 27, 1726, who died March 15, 1733; his 
second, Ruth Holbrook, April 15, 1742, who 
died May, 1762, aged thirty-seven; his third 
wife, widow Abigail Keith of Bridgewater, 
July 1, 1755. He was the son of Deacon 
Thomas White, grandson of Ebenezer 
White, and great-grandson of Thomas 
White, who was admitted as "being then 
and previously an inhabitant of Weymouth 
and member of the Church." 

Dr. Nathaniel White, was the son of 
Deacon Thomas and Mary (White- White), 
born in Weymouth, Sept. 4, 1701. His 
mother was the daughter of James and Sarah 
(Baker) White of Dorchester, and grand- 
daughter of Edward White, the first of the 
name who settled in that town. 

As Deacon Thomas and Mary White 
were not married until 1700 and he then 
only twenty-seven years old, Nathaniel 
could not have been born earlier than the 
above date, and the date upon his grave- 



THE WHITE FAMILY 67 

stone is evidently an error. His age upon 
tlie Town records is put down as fifty-eight. 
These facts agree with the record of Col. Asa 
White, one of the family born in 1736. 

In the old town records may be seen the 
following: ''March 13, 1727, Yoted at the 
aforesaid meeting whether the Town will 
give to Doctor White five acres of land 

below hill that was formerly granted to 

John Vinson, provided the said Doctor 
White continues in the Town of Weymouth, 
and in the practice of physic, and in case he 
shall remove out of Town, said White agrees 
to purchase said land, or to return it to the 
Town again." It passed in the afiirmative. 

Where the first and third wives of Dr. 
White lie buried is not known, but in the 
Highland Cemetery, South Weymouth, on 
a quaint old moss covered, double slate 
headstone, the following inscription is still 
to be made out, although some of the words 
are imperfect: 



THE WHITE FAMILY 68 

"Here lies interd ye Body of Doctr. 
Nathaniel White, who departed this life, 
Nov. 23, 1758, in ye 68th. year of his age." 

"Here lies buried ye body of Mrs. Ruth 
White, wife of Doc. Nathaniel White, who 
died 1752, in ye 57th. year of Her Age." 

"Thousands of Journeys Night and Bay 

I've travelled weary on ye way 
To heal the Sick but now I' ve gone 
A journey never to return." 

On a tombstone adjoining is the inscrip- 
tion: 

"Here lies ye body of Asa, son of Dr. 
Nathaniel White & Ruth his wife who died 
1747, Aged 8 months and 4 days." 

Children of Dr. Nathaniel and Sarah: 

168. Abner, b. in Weymouth, Jan. 9, 

1727, d. 1741. 

169. Alethea, b. in Weymouth, June 2, 

1728. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 69 

170. Asa, b. in Weymouth, Dec. 22, 

1729, d. 1730. 

171. Tamar, b. in Weymouth, Jan. 19, 

1731. 

Children of Dr. Nathaniel and Ruth: 

172. Abner, b. in Weymouth, Dec. 24, 

1742. 

173. Asa, b. in Weymouth, d. 1747, 

aged 8 months. 

174. Thomas, b. in Weymouth, d. 

March 18, 1766, aged 14 years. 

And perhaps others. 

167. EBENEZER WHITE, married 
Oct. 20, 1736, Mary Moss, born Oct. 28, 
1721, of Denby, Conn., she died at Dan- 
bury, Conn., Aug. 5, 1746, daughter of Rev. 
Joseph and Abigail (Russell) Moss, m. (2) 
Mary French of Weymouth, March, 1747, 
and died Aug. 24, 1807, aged 82 years. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 70 

Silence (White) French, mother of Mary 
French, died Oct. 29, 17o5, aged 72 years. 
Ebenezer White died Sept. 11, 1779, at Dan- 
bury, Conn. He was a minister. 

Children: 
By first wife: 

175. Mary, b. Oct. 3, 1737, d. June 3, 

1748. 

176. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 16, 1739, d. 

March 6, 1742. 

177. Joseph M., b. Sept. 10, 1741, m. 

Rachel Booth, Jan. 15, 1766. 

178. EBENEZER R., b. Dec. 23, 1743. 

179. Thomas P., b. April 26, 1746. 

By second wife: 

180. Mary, b. Aug. 3, 1751, d. 1751. 

181. Samuel F., b. Sept. 5, 1755, d. 1779. 

182. Amelia, b. May 7, 1760. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 71 

178. EBENEZER R. WHITE, mar- 
ried Nov. 18, 1767, Hannah Judson, b. June 
13, 1750, d. Feb. 28, 1800. She was a daughter 
of Rev. David Judson of Newtown, Conn. 
He died May 4, 1825. Lived at Danbury, 
Conn. 

Cliild: 

183. Ebenezer J., b. Aug. 23, 1768, d. 
Feb., 1838, m. Mary (Polly), 
daughter of Oliver and Mary 
(Hubbard) Burr of Danbury, 
Conn. 

7. JOSEPH WHITE, married Lydia 
. They lived in Mendon, Mass., in that 



part of the town subsequently set off and 
named Uxbridge, he died Oct. 28, 1757. He 
held several minor offices in the Town of 
Mendon, until Jan. 6, 1690, on which day 
he was elected Selectman. From that time 
on he was assessed for various town pur- 
poses, and for his proportion of the salary 



THE WHITE FAMILY 72 

paid to the Minister, He also had charge 
of the church, his name appearing several 
times as receiving 20 shillings and 10 pence 
"for caring for the meeting house" one 
year. He appears in the Military Company 
as Corporal Joseph White, Jan. 6, 1707. 
On March 11, 1711, he is one of the Com- 
mittee of leading citizens to "seat the 
meeting house." On Sept. 21, 1714, he 
appears in the Town Records as Sergeant 
Joseph White, on which date he was paid 6 
shillings for trip to Boston, "to prove ye 
Deed." On Sept. 8, 1716, Sergeant Joseph 
White is chosen "to strengthen the Com- 
mittee to provide a Minister." On May 31, 
1719, he is mentioned as Town Surveyor. 
He died Oct. 28, 1757, 

The children of Joseph White and his 
wife Lydia as follows: 

184. Joseph, b. Oct. 19, 1683. 

185. Experience, b. Dec. 5, 1680. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 73 

186. Hannah, b. Nov. 29, 1681, d. 1681. 

187. Lydia, b. May 10, 1686. 

188. Thomas, b. Nov. 26, 1688. 

189. Hannah, b. Dec. 9, 1691, d. 1761. 

190. Abigail, b. Nov. 10, 1693. 

191. William, b. , m. Elizabeth 

Thayer, Aug. 3, 1721. 

192. Benjamin, b. May 28, 1701, m. 

Mary Taylor, May 23, 1720. 

193. Mary, b. Feb. 27, 1692, d. 1707. 

194. Rachel, b. Dec. 27, 1694. 

135. JULIA TEN EYCK COX, mar- 
ried Sept. 28, 1904, Henry Brevoort Cannon 
of Elizabeth, N. J., who was born there 
May 2, 1865, son of Henry Rutgers Cannon, 
M. D., and his wife Mary Cornelia Brincker- 

hoff of Hackensack, N. J. 

Child: 

195. Henry Brevoort, b. Sept. 5, 1905. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 74 

121. DELOS WHITE, married Eliza 
Olivia Little, about 1812. Lived at Cherry 
Valley, N. Y. He was a physician, son of 
Dr. Joseph White and his first wife, Olive 
Holt. He died 1835. She was a daughter 
of Dr. David Little and his wife Alice 
Loomis. 



Children: 



196. JOSEPH L., b. 

197. DAVID H., b. - 



198. MARY E. L., b. . 

199. Levantia, b. 1821, d. unm. 1842, 
aged 21 yrs. 

200. WILLIAM H., b. . 

201. ALICE O., b. . 



202. KENNETH G., b. 

203. LOOMIS L., b. — 



196. JOSEPH L. WHITE, married 
Laura F. Lee, about 1834. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 75 

Children: 

204. Levantia, b. , m. Byard Fish, 

1866. 

205. Delos, b. , d. during War of 

the Rebellion. An officer U. S. 
Army. 

206. Laura F., b. , m. William 

Leavitt. 

207. Joseph, b. . 

208. Alice, b. . 



209. Henry C, b. , d. young. 

197. DAVID H. WHITE, married 

Mrs. Stimson. He died . She 

died . 

Children: 

210. Alice L., b. , d. young. 

211. Helen B., b. , d. young. 

198. MARY E. L. WHITE, married 
Egbert Olcott. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 76 

Children: 

212. Delos W., b. 1839. 

213. Egbert, b. 1841. 

200. WILLIAM H. WHITE, married 

Eudora Woods. 

Children: 

214. Delos, b. , drowned in Iowa 

River. 

215. Woods, b. , m. . 

216. Menzo, b. , m. . 



201. ALICE O. WHITE, married 

Samuel G. Wilkin. They lived in Cherry 

Valley, N. Y. 

Children: 

217. Eliza W., b. 1848. 

218. Henry S., b. 1850. 

219. Mary W., b. 1853. 

220. Rebecca G., b. 1856. 

202. KENNETH G. WHITE, married 
Jane Elizabeth Nelson. Lived in New York 



THE WHITE FAMILY 77 

City. She was a daughter of Judge Samuel 
Nelson and his wife Catharine Ann Russell 
of Cooperstown, N. Y. She died 1862. He 
married (2) Elizabeth Thornton, April, 1866. 
He was Clerk U. S. Circuit Court for thirty 
years, also U. S. Commissioner. He died 
1886, at Cherry Valley, N. Y. 

Children: 
By first wife: 

221. Samuel N., b. April 20, 1853, m. 
Grace Prince of Buffalo, N. Y. 
He d. 1884. 

222. KATHARINE R., b. July 1, 1855. 

223. Mary E. L., b. Aug. 19, 1857. 

224. Kenneth G., b. March 3, 1859, m. 

Mrs. Katharine (Bogart) Melville, 
Nov. 20, 1894. 

225. JANE E., b. Sept. 20, 1860. 

226. ELIZA O., b. Sept. 26, 1862. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 78 

By second wife: 

227. JOSEPHINE I., b. Jan. 26, 1867. 

228. ALICE, b. Oct. 18, 1868. 

222. KATHARINE R. WHITE, mar- 
ried William B. Simonds, Feb. 16, 1882. 
They lived in New York, N. Y. She died 
July, 1892. He m. (2) Mary E. L. White 

(223), April 16, 1896. 

Children: 
By first wife: 

229. William B., b. Feb. 19, 1883. 

230. Mary L., b. June, 1886, d. 1890. 

231. Gertrude de L., b. April 6, 1888. 

232. Helen, b. Aug. 21, 1890, d. March, 

1902. 

203. LOOMIS L. WHITE, married 
Emma Worth. They lived in New York 
City. He died . She died . 



THE WHITE FAMILY 79 

Children: 

233. Frank W., b. , m. Mary Law- 

rence. Their son Loomis L. White 
m. Julia Fanshaw. 

234. Mary W., b. , m. Wm. V. 

Chapin. 

235. Gorham W., b. , d. young. 

236. Edith, b. , d. young. 

132. CORNELIA B. COX, married 
David L. Schwartz, at Cherry Valley, N. Y., 
Oct. 1, 1872. He was of Littletown, Pa. 
He was a Minister. They lived at Lake- 
wood, N. J. He d. . 

Children: 

237. Levantia L., b. Feb. 24, 1875, at 

Albany, N. Y., d. Feb. 6, 1884. 

238. DAVID L., b. Sept. 24, 1877, at 
Albany, N. Y. 

239. Cornelia B., b. May 28, 1881, at 
Albany, N. Y. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 80 

240. Herman L., b. Aug. 29, 1884, at 

Albany, N. Y., m. Florence V. 
Deen, of New York City, Feb. 12, 
1907. 

238. DAVID L. SCHWARTZ, mar- 
ried Audrey Holmes of Madison, N. J., 
Sept. 24, 1903. She died March 18, 1907. 

Child: 

241. David L., b. June 19, 1905. 

225. JANE E. WHITE, married 
Joseph S. Phelon. Lived at Orange, N. J. 

Children: 

242. Joseph S., b. . 

243. Katharine E., b. . 

244. Sarah, b. . 

245. Kenneth W., b. . 

246. Mary L., b. . 

226. ELIZA O. WHITE, married H. 
G. French. Lived in New York, N. Y. 



THE WHITE FAMILY 8i 

Children: 

247. E. Mildred, b. . 

248. Evelyn, b. . 

227. JOSEPHINE I. WHITE, mar- 

ried Alonzo C. Stewart of New York, N. Y, 

They lived in Newark, N. J. He is a 

clergyman. 

Children: 

249. Charles I., b. . 

250. Francis B., b. . 

228. ALICE WHITE, married Byard 

Hawthorne of New York, N. Y. They live 

at Plainfield, N. J. 

Children: 

251. Elizabeth B., b. . 

252. Archibald C, b. . 

253. William B., b. . 



INDEX OF PLACES 



Albany, N. Y., 57, 79, 80 

Boston, Mass., 4, 7, 72 
Braintree, Mass., 6, 60-63 
Bridgewater, Mass., 66 
Brookfield, Mass., 59 
Brooklyn, N. Y., 48 
Buffalo, N. Y., -]-] 
Burlington, Vt., 48 

Canajoharie, N. Y., 54 

Catskill, N. Y., 54 

Chatham, Conn., 16, 17, 20, 
21, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30,32, 
35,36,40-42,51,52,59,60 

Cherry Valley, N. Y., 53-57, 

74, 76, n, 79 
Cohoes, N. Y., 50 
Colchester, Conn., 14-16 
Connecticut, Colony of, 17, 

21,24,25 
Connecticut River, 16 
Connecticut, State of, 16, 29, 

32.59 
Cooperstown, N. Y., T] 

Danbury, Conn., 69-71 
Dedham, Mass., 11 
Denby, Conn., 69 
Dorchester, Mass., 64, 66 

Eastburry Parish, Conn., 16 
East Hampton, Conn., 16, 27, 
29,32,38,41-46,50-52,59 
Elizabeth, N, J., 73 
Elmwood, Conn., 48, 49 
England, 3 

Falltown, Mass., 31, 36 



Granville, Mass., 29, 30 
Glastonbury, Conn., 14-16, 

31. 32, 34. 36. 58 
Great Britain, 24 
Greenfield, Mass., 31, 36 
Greenwich, Mass., 42 

Hackensack, N. J., 73 
Hadlyme, Conn., 47 
Hampshire County, Mass., 

31.36 
Hartford, Conn., 37, 51 
Hartford County, Conn., 16, 

17,24,25,28,32,34,59,60 
Harwich, Mass., 37 
Haverhill, N. H., 30 
Hebron, Conn., 15, 16, 27 

Indiana, State of, 55 
Iowa River, la., 76 

Lakewood, N. J., 79 
Littletown, Pa., 78 
London, Eng., 30 
Long Island, 51 
Lyme, Conn., 47 

Madison, N. J., 80 
Marblehead, Mass., 38 
Marlboro, Conn., 48 
Marlborough, Mass., 12 
Marthas Vineyard, Mass., 16 
Massachusetts Bay, Province 

of, 15 
Massachusetts Bay, State of, 

29.31 
Massachusetts, State of, 12 
Mendon, Mass., 6, 8, 11, 12, 

27,71 



INDEX OF PLACES 



83 



Meredith, N, Y,, 50 
Middlesex County, Conn., 17, 

29, 30, 32, 35 
Middletown, Conn., 17, 20, 

21.38,39. 51.58.59 

Newark, N. J., 81 

New England, 17, 21, 24, 29 

New Durham, N. Y., 40 

New Haven, Conn., 47 

New Marlboro, Mass., 43 

Newtown, Conn., 71 

New York, N. Y., 46, 51, 55- 

57, 76, 78, 80, 81 
New York, State of, 29 
New York, Western District 

of, 53 
Nicaragua, 55 
Norfolk County, Mass., 65 
North Yarmouth, Me., 64 
Nova Scotio, 30 

Orange, N. J., 80 
Otsego County, N. Y., 53 
Oxford, Mass., 14, 15, 27 

Pittsfield, Mass., 44 
Plainfield, N. J., 81 
Plymouth, Mass., 3 
Pocotopang Lake, 38 
Portland, Conn., 46, 47, 51 
Prospect, Conn., 45 



Providence, R. L, 48 
Quincy, Mass., 5 

Randolph, Mass., 63 
Rhode Island, 53 
Rochester, N. Y., 57 

Salmon Brook, Conn., 30 
Saybrook, Conn., 15 
Scituate, Mass., 8 
Sgahapange, 6 
Simsbury, Conn., 28-30 
South Hadley Falls, Mass., 

49 
South Weymouth, Mass., 67 
Smithfield, Eng., 9 
Stambaugh, Mich., 47 
Suffolk, Mass., County of, 15 
Sutton, Mass., 12 

Utica, N. Y., 54 
Uxbridge, Mass., 71 

Wells, Me., 7 
Westbrook, Conn., 47 
West Hartford, Conn., 43, 49 
Weymouth, Mass., 3^, 8, 9, 

60, 61, 63-69 
Worcester County, Mass., 59 

Yarmouth, Mass., 38 



INDEX OF NAMES 



Adams, Abigail, 6i 

Joseph, 6i 

Mehitabel, 6i 
Adler, John, 64 
Alinsbury, Mary, 13 
Arnold, Edwin H., 44 

Harvey, 43 

James P., 44 

Joshua M., 44 

Lavinia, 43 

Lizzie, 44 
Ayres, Adeline, 42 

Augusta W., 42 

Ezra, 42 • 

Ezra S., 42 

Bailey, Anna, 50 

Joshua, 50 

Lucy, 50 

Rhoda, 41 

Sarah, 61, 63 

Timothy, 50 
Baker, Sarah, 64, 66 
Baxter, Abigail, 61 

John, 5 
Bills, James, 21, 22, 25 
Bingley, Anna, 60 
Bingham, Elizer, 15 
Boardman, Clarinda S,, 58 

Gerard, 58 

Kenneth, 58 

Lansdale, 57, 58 

Levantia W., 57 

Rosina C, 58 
Bogart, Katharine, 77 
Booth, Rachel, 70 
Bowditch, Mary, 61 
Brinckerhoff, Mary, 73 
Bruce, Charlotte, 44 



Burr, Mary, 71 
Oliver, 71 
Polly, 71 

Campbell, Catharine A., 56 

William W., 56 
Cannon, Henry B., 73 

Henry R., 73 

Julia T. E., 73 

Mary B., 73 
Chapin, William V., 79 
Chapman, Col., 53 
Churchill, Daniel, 51 

Ruth, 51, 52 
Churchman, Ann, 8, g 
Civil Officers of the King, 4 
Clark, Abigail, 29 

Betsey, 41 

Daniel, 59 

David, 29 

Jerusha, 34 

John, 29, 30, 34, 35, 60 

Samuel, 29 
Copeland, Seth, 61 
Cossit, Rennea, 30 

Ruth, 30 
Cox, Abraham B., 56, 57 

Augusta McB., 56 

Cornelia B., 56, 79 

Julia Ten Eyck, 57, 73 

Levantia W., 56, 57 

Levantia W. L., 56 

Darling, Benjamin, 13 
Dayley, Joseph, 15 

Deane, , 9 

Deen, Florence V., 80 
DePeyster, Catharine A., 55 
Dewey, , 58 



INDEX OF NAMES 



85 



Dickinson, Eveline, 48 
Dyer, Anna, 64 
Mary, 5 

Emerson, Joseph, 7 

Fanshaw, Julia, 79 
Fielding, Charlotte J., 45 
Fish, Byard, 75 

Flagg, , 44 

Frank, Joshua, 34 
Freeman, Hatsuld, 24 

Nathaniel, 24 
French, Eliza O., 80 

E. Mildred, 81 

Evelyn, 81 

H. G.,80 

Mary, 69, 70 

Silence W., 70 

Gates, Thomas, 22 
Gillitte, Bennett, 45 
Go£f, Nathaniel, Jr., 27 
Goodwin, Elizabeth, 61, 63 
Greely, Dr., 65 
Green, Benjamin, 12 

Hawthorne, A. C, 81 

Alice, 81 

Byard, 81 

Elizabeth B., 81 

William B., 81 
Hills, W. H., 46 
Holbrook, Ruth, 66 
Hollister, Ann, 37 
Holmes, Audrey, 80 
Holt, Deborah, 52 

Olive, 52, 74 
House, Eunice, 31 
Hubbard, Mary, 71 
Huntington, Col., 51 
Hurlburt, Mehitabel, 51 

Indians, 4, 6 
Judson, David, 71 



Judson, Hannah, 71 

Keith, Abigail, 66 
King Philip, 7 

Lawrence, Mary L., 79 
Lay, Evelyn, 46 
Leavitt, William, 75 
Lee, Laura F., 74 
Little, Eliza O., 74 

David, 74 
Livingston, Catharine A., 55, 

56 

Cornelia R., 56 

Jacob, 55 

John, 55 

Joseph W., 55 

Levantia W., 55, 56 
Loomis, Alice, 74 
Lombard, Asa, 43 
Loper, Sarah, 47 
Loring, Rachel, 64 
Loveland, Elizabeth, 36 

John, 31 

Mara, 36 

Mary, 19, 31-34, 36 

Robert, 15 

Ruth, 32-34, 36 

Thomas, 15, 30, 31, 33- 

36 
Lovell, Sarah, 65 

McMellen, Irene M., 48 
Melville, Katharine, T] 
Minister, 4, 11 
Moss, Joseph, 69 

Mary, 69 
Muirhead, Irene, 48 
Mutford, Peter, 16 

Nash, Ruth, 63 
Nelson, Jane E., 76 

Samuel, "]"] 
Niles, Helen M., 50 
Norton, Eunice, 20 



INDEX OF NAMES 



86 



Norton, John, 20 

Olcott, Egbert, 75, 76 
Delos W., 76 
Mary E. L., 75 

Pease, George, 44 

Lizzie, 44 

Seth, 43 
Pering, Abigail, 29 

Elisha, 29, 30 

Stephen, 29 
Penfield, John, 24 
Penniman, Abigail, 61 

Deborah, 60 
Perrin, Abigail, 19, 28, 29 

Elisha, 28 

Rennea C, 30 

Ruth, 30 

Samuel, 29, 30 

Stephen, 28, 30 
Phelps, John, 34, 35 
Phillips, Hannah, 63 

Nicholas, 63 
Phelon, Catharine E., 80 

Jane E., 80 

Joseph S., 80 

Kenneth W., 80 

Mary L., 80 

Sarah, 80 
Post, Stephen, 15 
Pratt, Honnah, 9 

Mary, 60 

Samuel, 9 
Prescott, Julia A., 49 
Prince, Grace, ^f 

Rane, John, 9 

Mary, 9 
Roberts, Julia A., 49 

Julia I., 49 

Nathan, 49 
Robertson, Evelyn S., 48 

Daniel W., 48 
Rogers, John, 8-10 



Rogers, Judith, 9, 10 

Lydia, 6, 8, 10 

Sarah, 9, 10 
Root, John, 15 
Roseboom, Henry, 56 
Rudd, Captain, 53 
Russell, Abigail, 69 

Catharine, A., 77 

Salter, Hannah, 63 
Schwartz, Cornelia B., 56, 79 

David L., 56. 79, 80 

Herman L., 80 

Levantia L., 79 
Sears, Anna, 40 

Annie B., 46, 47 

Benjamin, 34, 40 

Bertha E., 47, 48 

Betsey, 42, 43 

Caroline D., 45 

Carrie V., 46 

Charles E., 49 

Charlotte S., 50 

Chauncey, 41 

Clara E,, 49 

Clark O., 45 

Cushman A., 45, 46, 48 

Elijah C, 42 

Elkanah, 19-23, 25, 26, 
29, 32-34, 37-39. 42, 44, 

58.59 
Eveline D., 48 
Helen A., 50 
Ida J., 46 

Irene M. McM., 48 
Isaac, 40, 59, 60 
Joshua, 38 
Julia A., 49 
Julia I., 49 
Lizzie M., 46 
Lucy, 41 
Mary E., 45, 46 
Newman E., 49 
Ogden, 42 
Paul, 38 



INDEX OF NAMES 



87 



Sears, Polly, 41 
Prescott A., 49 
Rachel, 40-42 
Rebecca, 39 
Richard, 38 
Rhoda, 41, 42 
Rosa F., 46 
Ruth, 40, 50 
Ruth W., 50 
Sarah E., 49 
Selden, 41 
Selden P., 42, 48 
Selden T., 50 
Stephen G., 42, 45 
Walter C, 47 
Willard, 40-42 

Selden, Anna S., 47 

Katharine H., 47 

Rachel S., 47 

R. L., 47 

Wm. H., 47 
Sheldon, Caroline E., 48 

Edmund, 43 

Elizabeth, 43 

Erastus, 42 43 

Erastus M., 43 

Eunice, 43 

Oliver, 43, 44 
Shepard, Daniel, 36 
Simonds, Gertrude de L., 78 

Helen, 78 

Katharine R., 78 

MaryE. L., 78 

Mary L., 78 

William B., 78 

• Skinner, Abigail, 14, 27 

Abraham, 14-16 

Charity, 14, 27 
Smith, Clayton L., 46 

Florence A., 49 

Helen M., 50 

Henry S., 50 
Snow, Henry, 44 

Lavinia, 45 



Stewart, Alonzo C, 81 
Charles I., 81 
Francis B., 81 
Josephine I., 81 

Stimson, , Mrs., 75 

Strong, Betsey, 41 

Taylor, Mary, 73 

Ten Eyck, Augusta McB., 56 

Thayer, Elizabeth, 73 

Ruth, 63 
Thornton, Elizabeth, 77 
Tulley, William, 15 
Tyler, Capt., 51 

Veazey, Eleazer, 45 

Emily, 45 
Vinson, John, 67 

Waddams, Elizabeth, 27 
Wadsworth, Harriet, 44 
Wellman, Adam, 31, 33, 34, 

36 
Mara, 34 
Mary, 31,33 

West, Elizabeth, 45 
White, Abigail, 14, 27, 51, 61, 
62, 66, 69, 73 

Abner, 68, 69 

Alethea, 68 

Alice, 75, 78, 81 

Alice L., 75 
,;■ ■ Alice O., 74. 76 
'.' Amelia, 70 

Ann, 10 

Anna D., 64 

Asa, 67-69 

Benjamin, 62, 63, 73 

Charity, 18, 19, 22, 24, 26 

Daniel, 13, 14 

David, 37 

David H., 74,75 

Delos, 54, 74-76 

Doctor, 67 



INDEX OF NAMES 



88 



White, Ebenezer, 5, 10, 13, 14, 
30,37,62,63,65,66,69, 
70 

Ebenezer B., 51 

Ebenezer J., 71 

Ebenezer R., 70 

Edith, 79 

Eliza O., 77, 80 

EHzabeth, 31, 33-35. 37. 
62 

Experience, 11, 72 

Frank W., 79 

George W., 54 

Gorham W., 79 

Hannah, 5, 11, 37.64,73 

Hannah J., 71 

Hannah P., 63 

Helen B., 75 

Henry C, 75 

James, 64, 66 

Jane E., 77, 80 

Johannah, 13 

John, 10,13, 14,37.51.62- 1 

64 
Joseph, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13- 

18, 20-29, 31, 32, 39, 50, 

52, 59-63,71,72,74,77 
Joseph Chester, 37 
Joseph L., 54, 74, 75 
Joseph M., 70 
Josephine I., 78, 81 
Katharine, ']^ 
Katharine R., T], 78 
Kenneth G., 74, 76, 77 
Laura F., 74, 75 
Levantia, 54, 55, 74, 75 
Loomis L., 74, 78, 79 
Lydia, 9, 10, 71-73 
Lydia R., 60 
Martha, 63 
Mary, 11, 13, 14, 28, 30, 

31, 36,62,64,66,70,73 
Mary B., 71 

Mary E. L., 74, 75. 77.78 
Mary F., 69 



White, Mary M., 69 
Mary T., 73 
Mary W., 66, 79 
Mehitabel, 13, 28, 61 
Menzo, 54, 76 
Molly, 37 
Nathaniel, 51, 64-66, 68, 

69 
Polly B., 71 
Rachel, 28, 73 
Rachel L., 64 
Ruth, 28, 37, 52, 68, 69 
Ruth H., 66 
. Samuel, 5, 10, 13, 14, 18, 
58-60 
Samuel F., 70 
Samuel N., 77 
Sarah, 37,61,63,64,66,68 
Sarah L., 65 
Silence, 70 
Tamar, 68 
Thankful, 13 
Thomas, 3-5, 8, 10-13, 18, 
32, 39, 58-61, 64, 66, 69, 

73 
Thomas P., 70 
William, 3, 31, 33, 34-37, 

73 

William H., 74, 76 

Woods, 76 
Wilkin, Alice O., 76 

Eliza W., 76 

Henry S., 7 

Mary W., 76 

Rebecca, G., 76 

Samuel G., 76 
Williams, F. S., 54 

Kezia, 31 
Worth, Emma, 78 
Woods, Eudora, 76 

, Grace, 40 

, Lydia, 71, 72 

, Mary, 11 

, Mehitabel, 11 

, Susanna, 58 



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